Cycling UK Forum

Years ago we would go for a ride every Christmas Day, as you could rely on the roads being almost deserted, but it isn't like that now... And the Christmas Day weather does seem to have gone downhill of late. :( For a while we arranged a ride around a Christmas meal - each course in a different pers...

And just as a counterbalance to what I wrote before - as tourism is an important part of the economy, you can find accommodation in some very remote areas, and if none is obvious, it is always worth asking around any local houses, as you can find people willing to put people up who don't do this com...

One question is has the editor sold us out? It seems the CTC are still on the ball with their information. This is probably getting to the point, which is that, AFAIK (and I'm happy to be corrected on this), the CTC do not have any control over the content of the magazine, which I understand is don...

CalMac ferries no need to book. You could be unlucky and find a large group but as an individual you would probably be able to talk them round. Most staff are very helpful. There are now increasing chances of delay with ferry technical problems as the boats are being worked to their maximum. Accomm...

I have been off the bike for longer than I care to admit (combination of bad shoulder, bad knee, bad cold, plus a developing laziness :D ). Finally got back on the saddle yesterday, rode to and from work. Really enjoyed it, had forgotten what I was missing, although I was asleep by nine o'clock. Th...

A person standing up, with legs apart, isn't totally dissimilar in shape to Great Britain, so perhaps you could trace the whole route up from the small toe on your left foot to the top of your head.

A lot of the points mentioned above will have been fed into the responses to the consultation, and a final decision on the proposal will be made by the full council. It is worth noting that when the original proposal was made, it was for a smaller charging zone, and it was comments from residents wh...

Yes, it closes at 11.59pm to be precise. The consultation is on a Clean Air zone proposal to tackle just one pollutant, NOx, and Bath is 1 of 28 cities that are having to propose measures to deal with this due to EU pressure on the UK government. I live in Bath and have responded to the consultation...

So, getting back to the issue raised by the OP, this interpretation of the law seems to suggest that if you are cycling along a road towards a traffic signal with a right turn filter lane, and don't have the confidence to move across into the right turning lane, but instead choose to stop at the red...

Although the route along the Mersey estuary is lovely, particularly for its views along the river, of all the cities I know, Liverpool has the largest gap between the dearth in cycling and its potential. This is due to a woeful lack of investment into much cycling infrastructure, including cycle par...

I had a good ride 2 weeks ago, and a RAT ran alongside for several yards! That was a first for me. :o When I was cycling in Galloway many years ago, I had a hare running in front of me down a lane for the best part of a mile. A few miles before this, I had been resting up on the side of another lan...

I'm 66 and have only been doored once. It was a long time ago, so can't remember the details now, but think the door injured my hand but I didn't come off or get hit by another vehicle. I've had plenty of occasions when people have started opening their doors and then either they have seen me and cl...

That's an interesting coincidence. I've only ever visited Greater Manchester about half a dozen times and have never cycled in the western part until last Friday morning, when it looks like I would have almost crossed Vantage's path close to Barton Bridge. I was headed for the free ferry that crosse...

We've just had 3 days in Anglesey, and fortunately all of them were sunny, so had a wonderful time. We went to Trearrdur Bay, near to Holyhead, where we discovered the Sea Shanty cafe, which is worth stopping off at. Its name belies it, as it is a large cafe designed to serve the campers and caravan...

There will also be no shuttle service. Highways England believe all existing NMU routes lead to the Gravesend-Tilbury ferry. The ferry runs 05:40 to 19:00 Mon-Sat only excluding public holidays and that will do just fine :roll: . Just out of interest, why does the ferry not run on Sundays or Bank H...